This is a documentary video of Masaya Ishikawa’s first solo exhibition, “Layers of Light,” held from Monday, February 8 to Sunday, February 21, 2021. Working as a graphic designer and visual expression researcher, Ishikawa developed an original three-dimensional image device in 2020 using the principles of light wavelengths. At the same time, as an artist, he has been creating works that explore new forms of expression by making the most of the device’s characteristics and constraints. With this new medium, which comes with significant limitations—“up to three layers” and “the color of each layer is fixed”—he has applied insights from cognitive science and animation to uncover several rich veins of expression and turn them into works of art. These are sculptural forms and animations made of light, with a vivid sense of three-dimensionality that can only truly be experienced by seeing them in person. This recording was made in the hope of conveying even a little of that texture.

I was responsible for the art direction of the visual movie for “Fuyuusuru,” a new product from the underwear brand une nana cool. As with the annual visual campaign, it was created in collaboration with Tezuka Chihara’s directorial debut film, Ice Cream Fever, and features Riho Yoshioka, who plays the lead role. Butterflies, which are a key motif in the film, were used to express the comfort and world of the “Fuyuusuru” product in this visual work.

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